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if u.s. officials can't solve this issue, the u.s. is having a direct -- [inaudible] because the agreement they both signed. we have to ask a question, what interest can they do to get improvement in human rights issues in china? that brought to the question of broad question, which human rights in china and u.s. engagement? amnesty international is considered that even though there are some meaningful improvements that were taken by different administrations, current dialogue that is taking place, that is dialogue, is not taking human rights as a serious and equal partner to the dialogue. even do basic things like -- [inaudible] there are resistance to we don't know where resistance comes from. administration here or from the chinese. so if they can't even rename dialog as human rights dialogue, there are six questions about the administration's intention intentional, to put additional pressure, that's where we are coming today. secretary clinton should, before she leaves, make a public stat
if u.s. officials can't solve this issue, the u.s. is having a direct -- [inaudible] because the agreement they both signed. we have to ask a question, what interest can they do to get improvement in human rights issues in china? that brought to the question of broad question, which human rights in china and u.s. engagement? amnesty international is considered that even though there are some meaningful improvements that were taken by different administrations, current dialogue that is taking...
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u.s. ambassador to tunisia and, obviously, 2011 was the year of profound political change in tunisia. and in addition to these political changes came the realization of the importance of job creation to the success of the transition in tunisia. and this led in turn to the further opening of tunisia markets to foreign trade and investment. because without those opening of those markets and easing of regulations, job simply are not going to be graded to the degree that they are necessary. one of tunisia's advantages for investors is its location. it is within close proximity, obvious, not only in north africa but also europe and sub-saharan africa, obviously the market come with a population of just over 10 million people. it's not an overwhelmingly large market for u.s. goods but its regional platform, it's very appealing market. it's also the only country in north africa that country with all its neighbors, it's ported to other trading agreements such as the agadir agreement that allows it
u.s. ambassador to tunisia and, obviously, 2011 was the year of profound political change in tunisia. and in addition to these political changes came the realization of the importance of job creation to the success of the transition in tunisia. and this led in turn to the further opening of tunisia markets to foreign trade and investment. because without those opening of those markets and easing of regulations, job simply are not going to be graded to the degree that they are necessary. one of...
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u.s. code is so terrible is we abandon the view of the founders but the u.s. is such a big economy and so separate from the rest of the world that we have not been engaged in competition and tax competition. so i'd like to go back to the original ideas with the federal tax needs to be if it's going to be constitutional but that is the federal government figures out how much money it needs and bills a bill to the states and let the states raise the revenues and the states compete among themselves with the tax code. if you want to be a new yorker who redistrict like crazy thing you can raise your federal tax that would. if you want to do some other way and some of state you can do how you like. so i think imposing this -- keeping on how much we want to spend. >> the federal government -- [talking over each other] then the states can compete for the tax credit if we could do that they'll be much better to anyone here on the stage could come up with it because in the competition would produce
u.s. code is so terrible is we abandon the view of the founders but the u.s. is such a big economy and so separate from the rest of the world that we have not been engaged in competition and tax competition. so i'd like to go back to the original ideas with the federal tax needs to be if it's going to be constitutional but that is the federal government figures out how much money it needs and bills a bill to the states and let the states raise the revenues and the states compete among...
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taxes are done out of the u.s. treasury, not the u.s. congress. >> but it is so interrelated to the ability of the manufacturing company to do so, that's why i raised the point now. >> i've indicated what the president has set out for manufacturing companies. let me also say to you, i absolutely agree your point about the incredible value the united states of this natural gas line, so that we become more dependent, we become more dependent on u.s. sources of all forms of energy, which is just the position we most want to be an. so it enhances our national security and reduces the risk -- >> i totally accept the. so with your business back then, if you raise the cost of the company to produce that energy, which in turn increases the input costs for the manufacturing companies which depend upon the energy, won't you decrease the competitiveness, if you will, of our manufacturers, vis-À-vis, those and other countries? our input costs are raise come because of tax policy or whatever, imperiling our ability to compete. doesn't that make sens
taxes are done out of the u.s. treasury, not the u.s. congress. >> but it is so interrelated to the ability of the manufacturing company to do so, that's why i raised the point now. >> i've indicated what the president has set out for manufacturing companies. let me also say to you, i absolutely agree your point about the incredible value the united states of this natural gas line, so that we become more dependent, we become more dependent on u.s. sources of all forms of energy,...
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with the the u.s. can succeed in its efforts to bring negotiations to pakistan's of work in the absence of pakistan -- afghanistan's the war and pakistan's rules of engagement and cooperation. in short, what are the prospects for peace in afghanistan? to provide answers to these questions we are privileged to have a very distinguished panel of experts. i will not read their biography since you have them but i will offer the following highlights. marc grossman has held just about every major post one can hold in the department of state. ambassador to turkey legal assistance secretary of state the european affairs, director-general of foreign service and undersecretary of state for political affairs. the highest position. since february of 2011 he served as special representative of the afghanistan/pakistan with all the challenges. it is important to note his diplomatic career was launched in pakistan as was his first posting. so it has come full circle in his career. nilofer sakhi has written extensivel
with the the u.s. can succeed in its efforts to bring negotiations to pakistan's of work in the absence of pakistan -- afghanistan's the war and pakistan's rules of engagement and cooperation. in short, what are the prospects for peace in afghanistan? to provide answers to these questions we are privileged to have a very distinguished panel of experts. i will not read their biography since you have them but i will offer the following highlights. marc grossman has held just about every major...
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u.s. forces in the middle east said he believes syrian president bashar all aside will remain in power for quote some time. general james mattis said iran is the biggest threat to the united states and is working to keep the syrian leader in power. general mattis, along with the command of u.s. special operations, spoke about the future of u.s. afghan relations with and violent protests there over koran burnings. this is two and a half hours. >> good morning, everybody. this morning we continue the committee's review of the posture of our combatant commands to meet the security challenges and operational requirements in the areas of responsibility in light of the president's budget request for fiscal year 2013. our witnesses are general james mattis, commander u.s. central command, and admiral vilma craven, commander of the u.s. special operations command. thank you both for your dedicated and distinguished service to our nation. also on behalf of the committee, please extend our heartfelt
u.s. forces in the middle east said he believes syrian president bashar all aside will remain in power for quote some time. general james mattis said iran is the biggest threat to the united states and is working to keep the syrian leader in power. general mattis, along with the command of u.s. special operations, spoke about the future of u.s. afghan relations with and violent protests there over koran burnings. this is two and a half hours. >> good morning, everybody. this morning we...
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u.s. companies to the best of their pension funds, doing business with iran's energy sector. february of this year he offered a bipartisan resolution passed by unanimous vote of the senate for iran's right to freedom of assembly, speech and due process. day earlier iranians had taken to the street in peaceful demonstrations against the government or pressed by the siege of militia men. in times of peace and conflict he has traveled to the region to preserve the interests of our allies. in july he led a foundation to the middle east to discuss the ongoing threat posed by iran to review developments in the middle east peace process and traveled to saudi arabia, iraq, israel, lebanon, egypt, he met with u.s. troops in iraq and kuwait and iraq with vice president joe biden and general commander of u.s. troops, during the fighting in gaza. senator kc --casey has said we must prevent hamas, israel has the right to set up a naval blockade, key weapons to hamas and responsibility to protect its ho
u.s. companies to the best of their pension funds, doing business with iran's energy sector. february of this year he offered a bipartisan resolution passed by unanimous vote of the senate for iran's right to freedom of assembly, speech and due process. day earlier iranians had taken to the street in peaceful demonstrations against the government or pressed by the siege of militia men. in times of peace and conflict he has traveled to the region to preserve the interests of our allies. in july...
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it went all the way to the u.s. supreme court, and the u.s. supreme court said wrongly, i think, that the government could do it to help out private interests. i don't think we should be helping out private interests any more than i think if i heard the lieu tet r tent governor -- lieutenant governor right that the federal government should be favoring the natural gas industry. and i think that's what led to solyndra. let the market decide rather than have politicians pick -- >> thank you. thanks, from cruz. want to ask you the same question, mr. dewhurst, i think you're probably aware that there are landowners who do not want eminent domain to be used. what would you do for the landowners? >> once again, this is a great example of why we need proven conservative leadership, and i have that proven conservative leadership. i worked for six years in passing an eminent domain bill through the legislature that has been approved by landowners, by farmers, ranchers, that is fair. it only with used -- be used when there's a public interest and provid
it went all the way to the u.s. supreme court, and the u.s. supreme court said wrongly, i think, that the government could do it to help out private interests. i don't think we should be helping out private interests any more than i think if i heard the lieu tet r tent governor -- lieutenant governor right that the federal government should be favoring the natural gas industry. and i think that's what led to solyndra. let the market decide rather than have politicians pick -- >> thank...
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we have informed u.s. and nato forces at least 52 times on the longitude and latitude on where the terrorists have gone. we should not be getting this constant message that pakistan has to do everything on its side of the border. we assume it is a capacity problem but we would assume at least that amount of [unintelligible] be given to pakistan. you see the public messaging which is constantly assuming that pakistan should mop up where everybody else lives of. we cannot do this alone. that is what we need a partnership and we need to focus on goals that are concrete and deliverable. that is what we need our ministries to act in concert with each other. if we are operating in the south, it would be a good idea if they are operating in the south. one of the ways to triangulate terraces through their conversations and i am sure that all this can be achieved. we have nearly 1000 border check posts on our side of the border but we are seeing about one- tenth of that on the nato access side. here's a question on
we have informed u.s. and nato forces at least 52 times on the longitude and latitude on where the terrorists have gone. we should not be getting this constant message that pakistan has to do everything on its side of the border. we assume it is a capacity problem but we would assume at least that amount of [unintelligible] be given to pakistan. you see the public messaging which is constantly assuming that pakistan should mop up where everybody else lives of. we cannot do this alone. that is...
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the last seven years the u.s. conference of mayors has promoted consumer financial protection and education. we saw how we got in to this economic mess. we got in this mess with derivatives, we got in this mess with predatory lending, and now we need a real ally in the new consumer financial protection bureau. since its inception, some in congress have tried to stop the bureau in it tracks. the time for games are over. we call in the congress to let the bureau do it work. the american economy work best when -- works best when everyone plays by the same rules, and consumers have real protection from predatory business practices. it's good for business, and it's good for america. and it's the fair and right thing to do. when our representatives get back to their desks, they need to pass the surface transportation bill. we need a long-term transportation funding plan, not short term stopgaps. the boxer-inhofe bill would create millions of good paying jobs across the country in places like millford, ohio, "bulls & bla
the last seven years the u.s. conference of mayors has promoted consumer financial protection and education. we saw how we got in to this economic mess. we got in this mess with derivatives, we got in this mess with predatory lending, and now we need a real ally in the new consumer financial protection bureau. since its inception, some in congress have tried to stop the bureau in it tracks. the time for games are over. we call in the congress to let the bureau do it work. the american economy...
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but until 2008 u.s. banks were allowed to process transactions that might involve iran but which were sent to the united states by foreign banks located outside of iran. now, those transactions were called u-turns because they went from iran to a non-iranian bank, a foreign bank, to then a u.s. bank and then back to a different non-iranian, foreign bank and then to the final party. so there was a u-turn that was made through the u.s. bank. the issue with hbus is that the hsbc affiliated -- affiliates in europe and the middle east wanted to send u-turn transactions through their accounts in the u.s. without triggering that filter or an individualized review to make sure that they were permissive u-turns. they wanted to remove any reference to iran and to go through the hbus systems without any manual or more detailed review. so this was a battle over transparency. united states wanted full transparency so that it knew it was dealing with an iranian u-turn and could make sure it complied with u.s. law. the
but until 2008 u.s. banks were allowed to process transactions that might involve iran but which were sent to the united states by foreign banks located outside of iran. now, those transactions were called u-turns because they went from iran to a non-iranian bank, a foreign bank, to then a u.s. bank and then back to a different non-iranian, foreign bank and then to the final party. so there was a u-turn that was made through the u.s. bank. the issue with hbus is that the hsbc affiliated --...
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our u.s. operations are subject to u.s. regulation and supervision. our activities outside the u.s. are summit to the regulation by authorities in the countries in which we operate. and our home country regulators supervise our global activities. like u.s. banks, we have concerns regarding how the proposal impacts our u.s. operations. however, today my remarks will focus on the cross-border implications of the proposed regulations. the iib support it is goal of financial reform. we acknowledge the agency's hard would be and the challenges in dropping implementation. however, we submit the proposal as currently formed is inconsistent with congress' intent and not advance reform goals. congress was clear that foreign banks trading in funds' activities conducted outside of the u.s. are not summit to the rule -- subject to the rule, recognizing that these activities are regulated under foreign law by home country supervisors. the proposed regulations, however, fail to adhere to this long-standing u.s. policy. for example, the proposal would restrict a foreign bank's trading desk in lond
our u.s. operations are subject to u.s. regulation and supervision. our activities outside the u.s. are summit to the regulation by authorities in the countries in which we operate. and our home country regulators supervise our global activities. like u.s. banks, we have concerns regarding how the proposal impacts our u.s. operations. however, today my remarks will focus on the cross-border implications of the proposed regulations. the iib support it is goal of financial reform. we acknowledge...
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the u.s. going to the land banks to be active, engaged and hopefully bring home some gold and there are guys. so i think these incentives and initiatives level the playing field, create opportunities, and are something we should celebrate and actively pursue in our platform and in our democratic party. >> thank you, melissa. we appreciate you being here and thank you for sharing with us today. now, what i'm going to do, we have several friends from the labor community here, and i'm going to ask them to come up together. they may have to bring some chairs, but i'm going to ask david hallas, bob ryan, james samuelson, leann bosquez, tom robinson and adam robinson all, if they would please come up. will ask them to use share the microphones. and as these folks are gathering i wanted to a little bit about each of them, and what they're wanting to talk with us about. first of all, david hallas, he's a member of the united steel workers local 7263, and he is come to talk with us about his efforts to
the u.s. going to the land banks to be active, engaged and hopefully bring home some gold and there are guys. so i think these incentives and initiatives level the playing field, create opportunities, and are something we should celebrate and actively pursue in our platform and in our democratic party. >> thank you, melissa. we appreciate you being here and thank you for sharing with us today. now, what i'm going to do, we have several friends from the labor community here, and i'm going...
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in the u.s. the people in the u.s. who think despite iran having stopped its program in 2003, iran is determined to get the bomb, no matter what. they believe in the heart to be true. so these talks are simply again, a smokescreen. and so it's hard to have a real negotiation when one side thinks the other side is determined to cheat, and the other side thinks they're trying to knock them out of office and deposed him. so i think we have to grapple with this issue of is the other side serious or not. had we demonstrate to the other side? and i need is for both sides, that they are serious. at scientists and the current set of proposals from both sides, both want to get a deal around age of 20% enrichment. i won't go into a lot of details about that, but they want to play small ball. it's something come and then push the can down the road. i think that's a mistake but i think that is a mistake. first of all, you are shrinking a negotiation space. if all you're going to talk about his 20%, then you can't talk about, irani
in the u.s. the people in the u.s. who think despite iran having stopped its program in 2003, iran is determined to get the bomb, no matter what. they believe in the heart to be true. so these talks are simply again, a smokescreen. and so it's hard to have a real negotiation when one side thinks the other side is determined to cheat, and the other side thinks they're trying to knock them out of office and deposed him. so i think we have to grapple with this issue of is the other side serious or...
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u.s. capable released -- in the u.s. court, basically the iranian nuclear issue and alleged municipalities of iranian nuclear issue. .. they always are looking for a piecemeal approach, but iranians, they want to see the end state, the end again. that's why step-by-step plan. broad package be implemented in step-by-step plan is extremely important. but for moscow, i think zero stockpile, 20% stockpile initiative is best achievement for both parties, if they can agree in moscow. but p5+1 is there asking iran to stop 20%. this would not be a sustainable solution. because maybe for a short time at the end, iran would never accept that as a member of npt. because they have 20%, why should not iran have? as a confidence building measure, but they should think about long-term solution. my ideas zero stockpile for 20%. what do i mean? a joint -- can be established between iran and p5+1 for the percentage of stockpile of 20%, which iran needs domestically. to convert the fuel rods. the rest either can be exported or converted to
u.s. capable released -- in the u.s. court, basically the iranian nuclear issue and alleged municipalities of iranian nuclear issue. .. they always are looking for a piecemeal approach, but iranians, they want to see the end state, the end again. that's why step-by-step plan. broad package be implemented in step-by-step plan is extremely important. but for moscow, i think zero stockpile, 20% stockpile initiative is best achievement for both parties, if they can agree in moscow. but p5+1 is...
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the u.s. to always be there to provide their own security goals. and i guess i wonder if you just work talk about the a little bit, about whether or not having a timeline is also provided incentive for the afghans to sort step up their game? >> it has indeed, sir. the value of the lisbon transition process is that it is a process. it is something that is measurable, and as you know, the lisbon transition process occurs over five tranches of terrain that comes off the map and ultimately goes into afghan sovereignty. each one of those tranches is accompanied by detailed conversations in conferences between isaf and our partners to ensure that the security forces in those areas are postured and ready to take over the lead for security, not to be finished in terms of security, but the lead for security in those areas. it has i believe it very seriously focused conversations, both in terms of the department of the a in sf and the resourcing. and in that sense has been positive. >> thank you. i'd li
the u.s. to always be there to provide their own security goals. and i guess i wonder if you just work talk about the a little bit, about whether or not having a timeline is also provided incentive for the afghans to sort step up their game? >> it has indeed, sir. the value of the lisbon transition process is that it is a process. it is something that is measurable, and as you know, the lisbon transition process occurs over five tranches of terrain that comes off the map and ultimately...
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the losers would be u.s. industry, u.s. military, u.s. taxpayer and the u.s. workers. the only beneficiaries would be china and our other international competitors. thank you. >> thank you. >> mr. chairman, members of the subcommittee, my name is craig witsoe. since november a flash i been ceo of about -- >> can you make sure that red light is on? >> my name is craig witsoe. since november a flash i been the ceo of a abound solar, an emerging u.s. technology company that manufactures solar panels in colorado. we haven't are in the% in colorado as well as a factory. we also have a glance at any until the our second u.s. factor. about is a much an american star. our company stemmed from research start in the late '80s at colorado state university. early funding came from the national science foundation as well as the national renewable energy let. -- >> twice like that over. usually we don't have it humming spent in 2007 it was start to commercialize a very innovative research. abound produces thin film cadmium, can't tell solar panel. using proprietary advanced manufact
the losers would be u.s. industry, u.s. military, u.s. taxpayer and the u.s. workers. the only beneficiaries would be china and our other international competitors. thank you. >> thank you. >> mr. chairman, members of the subcommittee, my name is craig witsoe. since november a flash i been ceo of about -- >> can you make sure that red light is on? >> my name is craig witsoe. since november a flash i been the ceo of a abound solar, an emerging u.s. technology company that...
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here the u.s. is going to step forward and lead three of these initiatives that's going to participate in sick of them, we believe -- in six of them, we believe, and on top of it one of the other smart defense initiatives rolled out in chicago is baltic air policing which has been ongoing, but there's a new commitment to extend that beyond 2018, and on top of it we expect the baltic nations to come forward with additional offers for host nation support. the last thing i'll mention is training. i think in this era of defense cuts and where we're seeing allies eliminate entire capability elements, it's absolutely critical that the alliance put a very heavy emphasis on training to keep skill sets alive assuming that there may be brighter days ahead. an example of this would be the u.s. and the u.k. coming together to sign a carrier cooperation agreement most recently because the u.s., the u.k. will not have access and will not have carriers at its disposal, but it will continue to insure that its mili
here the u.s. is going to step forward and lead three of these initiatives that's going to participate in sick of them, we believe -- in six of them, we believe, and on top of it one of the other smart defense initiatives rolled out in chicago is baltic air policing which has been ongoing, but there's a new commitment to extend that beyond 2018, and on top of it we expect the baltic nations to come forward with additional offers for host nation support. the last thing i'll mention is training....
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and this is a u.s. department of defense, having both, he's describing classified and unclassified computer networks infiltrated, presumably for some sort of espionage purpose, but perhaps for something more. and that's one of the real concerns here is that these sort of infiltrations that we see come at the other panelists have talked about, you could imagine being harbingers of something more destructive or something more problematic. i think one of the other panelists mentioned this quote from fbi director, and you see the same concerns of talking about in the commercial sphere, to. he said basically set to every company is being hacked one way or another and it's not a question of when they will be hacked. it will be a question of when it will happen again. that might be a pessimistic view of how bitter cybersecurity sector can be. it is certainly a theme you see in the space. my only point, the only other point i want to make on commercial data is that you see and report. there was a report issued
and this is a u.s. department of defense, having both, he's describing classified and unclassified computer networks infiltrated, presumably for some sort of espionage purpose, but perhaps for something more. and that's one of the real concerns here is that these sort of infiltrations that we see come at the other panelists have talked about, you could imagine being harbingers of something more destructive or something more problematic. i think one of the other panelists mentioned this quote...
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he also said that after the reduction of the u.s. surge force, u.s. troops will continue to draw down, quote, "a a steady pace," close quote; yet, the fy overseas contingency budget request now before congress is based on an assumption that there's no additional reductions in the 68,000 troop level in afghanistan throughout all of fy13. the question that i hope our witnesses will address this morning is whether they expect further reductions in u.s. troop levels in afghanistan during fy13, below 68,000, and what associated cost savings would result. if that decision has not yet been made by the president, what is the timetable for its being made? i hope secretary panetta clarifies surprising statements this month that, quote, "our goal is to complete all of the transition to a training advisory and assistance role in 2013," close quote and that, quote, he said, "hopefully by mid to latter part of 2013, we'll be able to make a transition from a combat role," close quote. there's many reports about reconciliation talks with the taliban. if taliban state
he also said that after the reduction of the u.s. surge force, u.s. troops will continue to draw down, quote, "a a steady pace," close quote; yet, the fy overseas contingency budget request now before congress is based on an assumption that there's no additional reductions in the 68,000 troop level in afghanistan throughout all of fy13. the question that i hope our witnesses will address this morning is whether they expect further reductions in u.s. troop levels in afghanistan during...
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the essence of that, we did not trade one u.s. interest for another u.s. interest, interesting gupta that point. people say if the soviet union does something we don't like they will pay with u.s. interests instead of one of their own interests so we got away with that with a new negotiating approach and gradually to geneva where we arrived with some sense of things being significant to the soviet union and one of the preparatory trips we met with a member of the triumvirate's who said you know as do the year we got to be in charge the coverage was there. i am not sure a lot of that registered in washington intelligence community where we had a different sense of the soviet leadership we were acquiring as we went through the dialogue it became difficult to look what we were getting from the intelligence side and what we received across the table but in geneva as president reagan met gorbachev the first time the two of them met in front of a fireplace conversation later walking along the lake and began to see the emergence where people accept and believe in
the essence of that, we did not trade one u.s. interest for another u.s. interest, interesting gupta that point. people say if the soviet union does something we don't like they will pay with u.s. interests instead of one of their own interests so we got away with that with a new negotiating approach and gradually to geneva where we arrived with some sense of things being significant to the soviet union and one of the preparatory trips we met with a member of the triumvirate's who said you know...
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funding u.s. department of labor initiative, increase the number of wages to investigators to improve the sharing of information and cooperative of enforcement actions with the i.r.s. and states and provide grants to states for information and technology and other state initiatives to improve enforcement. support for amending the internal revenue allowing i.r.s. to issue regulations, eliminating the rule that allows cheaters qualify for the safe harbor that continue violating the law by not playing employment taxes and eliminating the industry practice of safe harbor that allows illegal behavior. my comment have addressed illegal practices in the construction industry but payroll fraud is all too common in trucking, restaurants, landscaping, home healthcare and hotel and elsewhere. honest business and taxpayers, is there a better protection for those who violate the law. hard working families will have more likelihood to realize the american dream. thank you >> thank you bill and the problem that
funding u.s. department of labor initiative, increase the number of wages to investigators to improve the sharing of information and cooperative of enforcement actions with the i.r.s. and states and provide grants to states for information and technology and other state initiatives to improve enforcement. support for amending the internal revenue allowing i.r.s. to issue regulations, eliminating the rule that allows cheaters qualify for the safe harbor that continue violating the law by not...
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u.s. foreign policy objectives. and asian policy is a good place to rebuild i partisanship to the discussion is just under two hours. >> thank you all for being here this afternoon, and welcome to georgetown university. we've come together today for a special conversation, a conversation between top diplomats, past and present, each of whom has played a significant role in u.s. asia relations over the past two decades. with representatives from the administrations of george h. w. bush through the current administration of barack obama, our guest speakers today offer their expertise and experience as a look back on the use of service and look forward to the future of u.s.-asia relations. wish to offer my gratitude to georgetown's asian studies program, our school of foreign service, and the korea economic institute who have partnered to bring together some of our countries most respected minds on foreign policy and asia. we are deeply grateful to doctor victor cha a professor in government
u.s. foreign policy objectives. and asian policy is a good place to rebuild i partisanship to the discussion is just under two hours. >> thank you all for being here this afternoon, and welcome to georgetown university. we've come together today for a special conversation, a conversation between top diplomats, past and present, each of whom has played a significant role in u.s. asia relations over the past two decades. with representatives from the administrations of george h. w. bush...
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just right after that amano came with the u.s. revealed by wikileaks that amano is in the u.s. court, specifically on the iranian nuclear issue and alleged military studies of iranian nuclear issue. amano focused on the possible military dimension. and iranians, they have a feeling that more cooperation they have had with the iaea, more sabotage, more covert action, assassination of the nuclear scientists, this is a big issue for the iranian side. and my ninth point, the last pointalso tom mentioned, for iran it is extremely important to see the end of state. the u.s., the p5+1, the -- not the p5+1 because russian and chinese, they have other position. the western powers, they always have looking for a piecemeal approach, but iranians, they want to see the end state, the end game. that's why step-by-step plan, i mean, a broad package to be implemented in step-by-step plan is extremely important. but for moscow i think real stockpile, 20% stockpile initiative would be the best achievement for both parties if they can agree in moscow. the p5+1 is, they are asking to iran to stop
just right after that amano came with the u.s. revealed by wikileaks that amano is in the u.s. court, specifically on the iranian nuclear issue and alleged military studies of iranian nuclear issue. amano focused on the possible military dimension. and iranians, they have a feeling that more cooperation they have had with the iaea, more sabotage, more covert action, assassination of the nuclear scientists, this is a big issue for the iranian side. and my ninth point, the last pointalso tom...
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as we think about sustaining u.s. military power, just as important to sustain the health and strength of our foreign service, diplomatic corps. you have been a leader on this. the last decade was unusual in our industry. we fought two major land wars simultaneously. we have never done that before with the exception of the two front war between 1941-45. in a way we led with the military with diplomats in reserve. the proper country's asset is diplomats on point, military, not diplomats. we need to strengthen the foreign service, not cut the budget of the state department. we have had great leadership with secretary clinton and secretary rice to sustain our diplomatic corps but we know the facts and figures that there are more lawyers in the pentagon and american diplomats and more members of the armed forces marching band leader and the army, navy beat the air force and marines that american diplomats. final point, to preach to the choir, the great majority of crises and challenges we will face in the next couple deca
as we think about sustaining u.s. military power, just as important to sustain the health and strength of our foreign service, diplomatic corps. you have been a leader on this. the last decade was unusual in our industry. we fought two major land wars simultaneously. we have never done that before with the exception of the two front war between 1941-45. in a way we led with the military with diplomats in reserve. the proper country's asset is diplomats on point, military, not diplomats. we need...
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how about a u.s. envoy? >> we actually have a u.s. envoy for the great lakes region. his name is ambassador barry wapley. he has been on the job for nearly a year. ambassador wockley is infinitely qualified to serve as our envoy there. he has served in two african countries as ambassador, and he's previously served as deputy chief in the drc. he travels to the region quite frequently. and so there is an envoy out there already. one may quibble with the level, but the existence is there. he is active, and he is working hard on this issue along with other officials -- >> understood. but the gravitas of a presidential envoy, i believe, would send perhaps a stronger message to those that are part of the peace process. let me ask you if i could, john prendergast in his statement very strongly says by global standards the international effort to construct a credible peace process for the congo is manifestly derelict, condemning that country to further cycles of devastating conflict. when the curtain is pulled back and one looks behind the occasional resolution calling simpl
how about a u.s. envoy? >> we actually have a u.s. envoy for the great lakes region. his name is ambassador barry wapley. he has been on the job for nearly a year. ambassador wockley is infinitely qualified to serve as our envoy there. he has served in two african countries as ambassador, and he's previously served as deputy chief in the drc. he travels to the region quite frequently. and so there is an envoy out there already. one may quibble with the level, but the existence is there....
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u.s. senate. on weeknights watch key public policy defense and every weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on book tv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our website. you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> president obama has nominated nancy powell as ambassador to india. she is currently the director general of foreign service at the state department and as previously served as ambassador to pakistan, nepal and gonna. the nominee testified after senate, nation hearing yesterday. this is just over an hour. >> the hearing will come to order. it's my great, great pleasure, together with senator lugar, to welcome nancy powell, who has been nominated to be ambassador to india. and before we start talking about india, i want to say a few words if i can to talk about egypt. egypt is much on the minds of all of my legs right now. and the recent events in egypt are particularly alarming. the attacks against civil society in egypt, including american or
u.s. senate. on weeknights watch key public policy defense and every weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on book tv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our website. you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> president obama has nominated nancy powell as ambassador to india. she is currently the director general of foreign service at the state department and as previously served as ambassador to pakistan, nepal and gonna. the nominee testified...
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u.s. competitiveness because they think it all ties back to that. a next session, please come out jim doherty, a very good long-time friend of mine who is a fellow at the council on foreign relations is going to moderate. but organize this in conjunction with the council on foreign relations as about u.s. competitiveness. let's get it underway, the panel is fair. all right, jim, take it away. >> great to be here in detroit. first time in a while. i have to make it happen more often. so were going to have a nice conversation. we have to cover a lot of a lot of things in 40 minutes, so we're going to start right away. you can see the panelists, backgrounds, michael, paul and ted, great panel. i'm 40 minutes that we try to cover as looking at infrastructure, education and immigration, trying to look at it through the lens of technology and the role of urban centers and take a look at what the current state is in the united states in each of these things, what some of our best as competitors a
u.s. competitiveness because they think it all ties back to that. a next session, please come out jim doherty, a very good long-time friend of mine who is a fellow at the council on foreign relations is going to moderate. but organize this in conjunction with the council on foreign relations as about u.s. competitiveness. let's get it underway, the panel is fair. all right, jim, take it away. >> great to be here in detroit. first time in a while. i have to make it happen more often. so...
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today when u.s. airlines flight into nigeria, kazakhstan, mongolia, ecuador and georgetown, guyana, to name a few out of a hundred or more than a short us safe operations because of gps. gnss is important for surveillance and are sure you're all aware of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast, but over oceanic airspace automatic dependent surveillance contracts allows air traffic control to have surveillance whether this was impossible. finally, come to the most significant near-term air traffic management improvements that have recently become available i continues to send operation and continuous climb operation. is a major initiative at icao, and gps allows this extremely efficient flight routing to be enabled. and now just a few words about the spectrum, major issue that has as much due with importance of gps as anything else. i'm referring to the problem of frequency spectrum, available radio frequency spectrum is the lifeblood of aviation and the protection of spectrum used by aviation radi
today when u.s. airlines flight into nigeria, kazakhstan, mongolia, ecuador and georgetown, guyana, to name a few out of a hundred or more than a short us safe operations because of gps. gnss is important for surveillance and are sure you're all aware of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast, but over oceanic airspace automatic dependent surveillance contracts allows air traffic control to have surveillance whether this was impossible. finally, come to the most significant near-term air...
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it is one-third of the u.s. workers and this is a segment of the economy that fares pretty well during the downturn and we do downside the company is take down any barriers between she and this group of companies in what we call access ge so if you are one of our middle-market customers and what say you are running a steel plant and you want to learn how to do the manufacturing we have found ways over the internet and in person to about customers access to ge team with it comes to how to do the manufacturing and if you to know how to do employee training we open the doors to ge to this group of customers to say how do you do training? acquisition integration, same way and we think burying the qtr and down the company's hopes the entire enterprise work more effectively and this is one of the things we can do in this segment which is a real system of growth and i think one of the things that maybe sometimes we draw an artificial delineation between the companies, big companies and small companies when the reality
it is one-third of the u.s. workers and this is a segment of the economy that fares pretty well during the downturn and we do downside the company is take down any barriers between she and this group of companies in what we call access ge so if you are one of our middle-market customers and what say you are running a steel plant and you want to learn how to do the manufacturing we have found ways over the internet and in person to about customers access to ge team with it comes to how to do the...
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u.s. attorneys that have to answer to him to investigate allegations against the very white house that appointed him? the reason that so many democrats wrote to president bush and said, you cannot possibly investigate the scooter libby-valerie blame leak because it -- val i will plame leak because it involves people very close to you. let's just read the letter. "we're at risk of seeing this investigation so compromised that those responsible for this national security breach will never be identified and prosecuted. public confidence in the integrity of this investigation will be substantially bolstered by the appointment of a special counsel." senator biden, "i think they should appoint a specialty prosecutor but if they're not going to do that, which i suspect they're not, is get the information out as quick as they possibly can. this is not a minor thing. there's been a federal crime committed. the question is, who did it. and the president should do everything in thinks power to demons
u.s. attorneys that have to answer to him to investigate allegations against the very white house that appointed him? the reason that so many democrats wrote to president bush and said, you cannot possibly investigate the scooter libby-valerie blame leak because it -- val i will plame leak because it involves people very close to you. let's just read the letter. "we're at risk of seeing this investigation so compromised that those responsible for this national security breach will never be...
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the u.s. cybercommand role is to pay attention how nations and nonnation state actors are developing asymmetric capabilities to conduct cyberespionage and attacks. d.o.d. recently added detail to that position in accordance with the president's strategy the department further explained our deterrent posture to congress in a cyberspace policy report last november. d.o.d. components especially cybercommand, worked to dissuade others from attacking our planning to attack the united states in cyberspace. we worked with a range of partners, u.s. governmental lies, private industry, strengthen defense of our citizens, the nation, and allies in cyberspace. i wanted to assure you that all of our work is performed to safeguard the privacy and civil liberties of u.s. persons. these responsibilities are very much on our minds. in establishing the co-com relationships you asked about our relationships with other commands and i'd like to establish a. dress that. first establishing a cybersupport element at
the u.s. cybercommand role is to pay attention how nations and nonnation state actors are developing asymmetric capabilities to conduct cyberespionage and attacks. d.o.d. recently added detail to that position in accordance with the president's strategy the department further explained our deterrent posture to congress in a cyberspace policy report last november. d.o.d. components especially cybercommand, worked to dissuade others from attacking our planning to attack the united states in...
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they laid out a blueprint for u.s. competitiveness at the top of the national agenda and putting the country down the path to achieving it. it was a year ago that president obama also signed the american competes reauthorization act into law. the act is a major achievement and u.s. competitiveness policy. it authorizes significant investments in programs of the national science foundation, department of energy, of course the department of commerce all nor to assure americans competitiveness. it keeps america on a path of leadership of science and technology and education, and sure that we're doing what is right for our economy in a global world in the next over years but also for decades to come. as part of the competes act congress asked secretary of commerce bryson to conduct a detailed analysis of the structural challenges to our nation's engine of innovation, job creation and growth. known as the competes report, this study is the first of its can look into the biggest challenges our economy is facing as well as th
they laid out a blueprint for u.s. competitiveness at the top of the national agenda and putting the country down the path to achieving it. it was a year ago that president obama also signed the american competes reauthorization act into law. the act is a major achievement and u.s. competitiveness policy. it authorizes significant investments in programs of the national science foundation, department of energy, of course the department of commerce all nor to assure americans competitiveness. it...
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the u.s. embassy as the agent location of the facility leave our people there particularly vulnerable. i often find myself comparing the geopolitics of the south caucasus to accordion not. a tangle of current events of these countries in the region isolated from their neighbors. unfortunately, such isolation can blame to the hands of hours laying on the periphery of the region. press reports and conversations i had while i was in the region indicate that iran is taking or at least has the potential to take advantage of armenians regional isolation and thus the country's economic dependence on their common border to use armenian banks and enterprises to skirt international sanctions. the united states and our regional partners including armenia must be vigilant by fully comply current laws and regulations, and by a many sanctions is needed to close the loopholes. i hope that legislation is currently pending in the congress makes it way through rapidly and will do just that. regarding energy, sa
the u.s. embassy as the agent location of the facility leave our people there particularly vulnerable. i often find myself comparing the geopolitics of the south caucasus to accordion not. a tangle of current events of these countries in the region isolated from their neighbors. unfortunately, such isolation can blame to the hands of hours laying on the periphery of the region. press reports and conversations i had while i was in the region indicate that iran is taking or at least has the...
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u.s. providers, physicians, hospitals are ready for that engagement. top four things come to support i.t. again, not to hide the million million dollar effort, the data warehouse. get basic health information change the get basic information to the providers at the site. support clinical integration. remove the legal and regulatory barriers to doctors and hospitals can work together and provide better care. don't create barriers. knocked down the ones that exist to strengthen primary care. that's the backbone of population health management. hospitals and specialists have historically resisted that but i think the message is they should be supporting it because the better they are at population, the better they'll be at providing inpatient care to ensure medicare payment. make sure you do that. reward value, not volume. mercy is participating in three key initiative to iowa home health program, led by, a step in the direction, we've got to provide the stuff of patient medical homes and hom
u.s. providers, physicians, hospitals are ready for that engagement. top four things come to support i.t. again, not to hide the million million dollar effort, the data warehouse. get basic health information change the get basic information to the providers at the site. support clinical integration. remove the legal and regulatory barriers to doctors and hospitals can work together and provide better care. don't create barriers. knocked down the ones that exist to strengthen primary care....
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in terms of u.s. policy, u.s. policy is based on the objective of having assad, as president obama called for, step aside. this was back in august of 2011. the problem with u.s. policy is that it has continually been at conflict with itself in terms of how to achieve that objective while also achieving or protecting u.s. national security interests in the region. namely, i would argue, very understandable concerns about, about the impact of unseating assad and the potential for massive instability across the region. so at the crux of u.s. policy on syria, i would argue, has resided this tension of wanting assad to go but being concerned and fearful about how to achieve that objective while also seeking to maintain stability in such a volatile region of the world. now, the debate right now on syria is focused largely on this question of whether or not to arm the opposition which is to say to provide more sophisticated, heavy weapons to the armed opposition. they are already receiving some amount of weaponry from co
in terms of u.s. policy, u.s. policy is based on the objective of having assad, as president obama called for, step aside. this was back in august of 2011. the problem with u.s. policy is that it has continually been at conflict with itself in terms of how to achieve that objective while also achieving or protecting u.s. national security interests in the region. namely, i would argue, very understandable concerns about, about the impact of unseating assad and the potential for massive...
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rob bits that remain in u.s./turkish relations related to the iraq problem and the pkk presence in iraq. sharp disagreements over iran and i was struck in 2005 by a limited extent, and bilateral discussions and for period we were able to get our kids -- power things reasonably in sync but things fell apart in 2010. the huge disconnect. whatever the sequence of events a huge and profound dissonance between our two countries. disagreements on a range of other kyushu's in 2005 prior to my going to turkey. in the united states and turkey for 2005-2004, plans to visit damascus as part of turkey's out reach to president assad who so many people villified extensively this morning. disagreements about the caucuses, issues related to armenia, syria, difficult differences on the issue of the black sea and how people were talking about the black sea. a seeming accentuation that adkins and flowed throughout these periods but differences and accentuation of grievances. able popular mythology that became associated with this a
rob bits that remain in u.s./turkish relations related to the iraq problem and the pkk presence in iraq. sharp disagreements over iran and i was struck in 2005 by a limited extent, and bilateral discussions and for period we were able to get our kids -- power things reasonably in sync but things fell apart in 2010. the huge disconnect. whatever the sequence of events a huge and profound dissonance between our two countries. disagreements on a range of other kyushu's in 2005 prior to my going to...
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many egyptians we met were as critical of the u.s. the u.s. tester tread carefully not just on interest, but because they have the legacy of an extremely negative reputation having to do with policies. that means that sometimes when it is going to say is back fire. public opinion will react against what the u.s. says, not because of what it says, but because of perception and the problems of reputation. >> we have a very anxious member of the audience here. let's give her the microphone. >> thank you very much. i am from the atlantic council. i want to talk about egypt's role in the region. it is interesting that they would say that the u.s. was trying to undermine. egypt hasn't had much of a role in the last two years. the question is, can it play role regionally? what factors do you see that might actually cause it to be able to overcome this domestic turmoil and play a role regionally? if israel attacks gaza again, will there be pressure to do something about the peace treaty? if israel attacks iran, will there be something about the peace
many egyptians we met were as critical of the u.s. the u.s. tester tread carefully not just on interest, but because they have the legacy of an extremely negative reputation having to do with policies. that means that sometimes when it is going to say is back fire. public opinion will react against what the u.s. says, not because of what it says, but because of perception and the problems of reputation. >> we have a very anxious member of the audience here. let's give her the microphone....
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>> for u.s. growth? >> well, for u.s. growth and world growth. >> i'll speak for myself. i think in general these things are not cliffs, they're not sort of generally, they're not -- there's no question that higher oil prices are generally a drag. we did see in this first half of 2008 when gasoline prices hit $4 a gone, you saw a very discreet kind of changes in consumer behavior. having been $4 before, i don't think we're going to see that again. i think if we're talking about normal supply and demand in the context of coming into a driving season when things are going to go up probably until june, i don't see that as a big issue. if we get a supply disruption out of the middle east, there are obvious scenarios under which that can happen. that is a different kettle of fish. i don't think that's the most likely thing to happen, but it is certainly one of the things that would be on my list of risks. >> yeah. and, you know, i'd also look at whether it's a supply shock or a demand shock that's causing the change in oil prices. so, you know, the first half of last year you
>> for u.s. growth? >> well, for u.s. growth and world growth. >> i'll speak for myself. i think in general these things are not cliffs, they're not sort of generally, they're not -- there's no question that higher oil prices are generally a drag. we did see in this first half of 2008 when gasoline prices hit $4 a gone, you saw a very discreet kind of changes in consumer behavior. having been $4 before, i don't think we're going to see that again. i think if we're talking...
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and that is due to the fact that the u.s. is unique in having a permanent seat on the seabed authority council, which is the main decision-making body. and that important decision must be made by consensus. so it is our very strong conviction that as a part of the u.s. would have an unprecedented ability to influence the deep seabed mining activities worldwide. there is no other international organization that gives one country and one country only a permanent membership on the key decision-making body. so as examples of decisions, subject to u.s. approval, it would be any rules, regulations or procedures implementing the seabed mining machine or amendments thereto, any decisions relating to the dissipation of payments for oil and gas production on the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical mile's, adoption of any amendments to the seabed mining machine, and just finally, you know, i think it is worth saying, this really a goes something the chairman said, royalties under this convention are not a net loss to the united states
and that is due to the fact that the u.s. is unique in having a permanent seat on the seabed authority council, which is the main decision-making body. and that important decision must be made by consensus. so it is our very strong conviction that as a part of the u.s. would have an unprecedented ability to influence the deep seabed mining activities worldwide. there is no other international organization that gives one country and one country only a permanent membership on the key...
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a u.s. fiscal cliff crack-up, a euro crisis, a china slowdown, a middle east energy crisis or some other risks. >> where's iran? >> so we'll put that in with energy crisis. >> other, huh? >> no, no, i think that belongs in number four. while our executives are giving their answers, i want to ask each of you what, what's the risk that the men and women in this room, that should be keeping them up at night right now? >> look, i think there are many ironies surrounding the fiscal cliff. the fiscal cliff, i think, in the short run is the most pressing thing. the biggest, most threatening is the euro crisis. i'm of the view ultimately either the germans will have to subsidize permanently to hold it together, or else the eurozone is probably doomed to break apart. but on the fiscal cliff, let's just get our heads around the correct numbers which is if we sign a long-term grant bargain budget deal, we're going to be doing the fiscal cliff every year for the next ten years, okay? so the thing that's
a u.s. fiscal cliff crack-up, a euro crisis, a china slowdown, a middle east energy crisis or some other risks. >> where's iran? >> so we'll put that in with energy crisis. >> other, huh? >> no, no, i think that belongs in number four. while our executives are giving their answers, i want to ask each of you what, what's the risk that the men and women in this room, that should be keeping them up at night right now? >> look, i think there are many ironies...
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the u.s. as the counselor and i went to coach soccer at the camp at the ways of in the berkshires where i'd understand they all go and american youth none of which is repeatable but they gave me the opportunity afterwards to do some traveling and sample for the first time the extraordinary hospitality and generosity of american people where their families would make us incredibly welcome to go well and see a little bit of our country which is wonderful for the warmth and kindness of that. perhaps my third connection most relevant here is i'm scott. my understand there are a lot of scholars here. we will talk about your views on independence leader. and of course the central connection through the alamo sam houston was a student of robie brooks and knew his work well and was able to quote them famously. scotts way to those who were defending. who would be the treatise naim, who would fill the grave based to be a sleeve and it's all about people not turning free and people stuck together in many
the u.s. as the counselor and i went to coach soccer at the camp at the ways of in the berkshires where i'd understand they all go and american youth none of which is repeatable but they gave me the opportunity afterwards to do some traveling and sample for the first time the extraordinary hospitality and generosity of american people where their families would make us incredibly welcome to go well and see a little bit of our country which is wonderful for the warmth and kindness of that....
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the core of the u.s. financial system, we forced to raise $300, equity since the peak of our crisis. they have much less risk than they did bigger than the much more conservatively. they have reduced their exposures to the most obvious risks in the world dramatically over that period of time. so i believe we're in a much stronger position than we were anytime over the last three to six months, eight months, nine months, two years, three years, to withstand the effects of what is happening in your. but europe is a large part of the world economy, and its challenges are hurting growth here and elsewhere around the world, and so we have a big stake in helping them deal with this more effectively. we will spend a lot of time next week trying to do that. >> why do you think wall street is putting its money in mitt romney's camp by 37 million plus the 4 million so far -- so far reported, and 21 they can drew bidders to president obama's election campaign in '08 have now switched sides of? >> well, i think, i ca
the core of the u.s. financial system, we forced to raise $300, equity since the peak of our crisis. they have much less risk than they did bigger than the much more conservatively. they have reduced their exposures to the most obvious risks in the world dramatically over that period of time. so i believe we're in a much stronger position than we were anytime over the last three to six months, eight months, nine months, two years, three years, to withstand the effects of what is happening in...
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as a u.s. company, your thoughts of what you -- what we as u.s. companies can do to integrate america supply chain, what we can do to advance. >> thanks. that really is a great question. i would say there are three things. the first finger is fine, get together, identify, continue to help identify what the issues are. second thing is when you have identified those issues, engage with the people involved in the process, bring those issues to their attention, especially if you think you have got a solution, try to push them up on the agenda, but third thing you can help us with, this is where i think the process will succeed or fail in the long term, what can we do systemically to get around this kind of problem in the future? as i said to president obama and others, there are all kinds of things we can do now to identify all kinds of impediments to trade, low-grade still the impediments to trade and regulatory mismatches that don't make a lot of sense but will be kind of fighting an uphill battle with as soon as we solve one, elements of the system
as a u.s. company, your thoughts of what you -- what we as u.s. companies can do to integrate america supply chain, what we can do to advance. >> thanks. that really is a great question. i would say there are three things. the first finger is fine, get together, identify, continue to help identify what the issues are. second thing is when you have identified those issues, engage with the people involved in the process, bring those issues to their attention, especially if you think you...
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>> a u.s. policy containment towards the soviet union, it's hard to think of to policies that could be more unlike each other than the policy the u.s. has pursued towards china and the one we pursue towards the soviet union. i think aaron outlined very well what we've done over the last, last generation to encourage china's emergence, to encourage china's rise. we speak about it all the time, as aaron said, they may have difficulty believing it but we say and we mean it. and i've been in meetings with president obama, with other asian leaders, many of whom our chinese friends, would be disturbed to learn we're skeptical of chinese intentions. and president obama reiterates just a strong and private as he does in public that we welcome china's rise. so long as it conforms to certain standards. i think that in addition to the things that aaron mentioned tonight, i see nothing to disagree with, very thoughtful description of why our policy is not containment but i think the chinese they want to ta
>> a u.s. policy containment towards the soviet union, it's hard to think of to policies that could be more unlike each other than the policy the u.s. has pursued towards china and the one we pursue towards the soviet union. i think aaron outlined very well what we've done over the last, last generation to encourage china's emergence, to encourage china's rise. we speak about it all the time, as aaron said, they may have difficulty believing it but we say and we mean it. and i've been in...
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if the u.s. cannot get that and they agree we cannot do domestic cleaning or correction but we can have a geopolitical region and posing your question about the dynamic that comes into question have iran before that too. this is something we can do but it doesn't mean u.s. and all the questions to get out of the mentality to do something to do. there is much more thought to put in the rule of generally grounded or something that doesn't mean anything that you gave an example what can happen and it did happen for the u.s. in some part of the world and others too. i think it is time the u.s. cannot solve everything. does it mean that the u.s. has a diminished role? i don't think so. it is another approach on what is the leadership. i am not buying the decline of the u.s.. there are a lot of things going on. cannot be the sole actor and a complicated issue and we have not paid attention enough to the regional actors. one of the mistakes in afghanistan is not only to take into account the whole regio
if the u.s. cannot get that and they agree we cannot do domestic cleaning or correction but we can have a geopolitical region and posing your question about the dynamic that comes into question have iran before that too. this is something we can do but it doesn't mean u.s. and all the questions to get out of the mentality to do something to do. there is much more thought to put in the rule of generally grounded or something that doesn't mean anything that you gave an example what can happen and...
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what's your mental snapshot of the u.s. economy right now? >> well, the u.s. economy is gradually healing, gradually getting stronger. growth has averaged about 2.5% since the recovery began. slower than the average of recoveries in the postwar period. why has it been so moderate? really the following reasons: one is the basic reality that when you're digging out of a financial crisis caused by too much borrowing, too much leverage, the economy built too many houses, you face a lot of headwinds as you work through those imbalances, and that makes growth slower than it would normally be because people are bringing down debt, and they're naturally more cause of action cautious in that context. the weakness that induces temporarily is, should be a source of strength going forward. and as you know and many people have written, we're much further along in that adjustment process than many countries, so we brought down risk quite dramatically. you know, we're four years into the adjustment in housing, and even individuals are bringing down their debt levels quite a
what's your mental snapshot of the u.s. economy right now? >> well, the u.s. economy is gradually healing, gradually getting stronger. growth has averaged about 2.5% since the recovery began. slower than the average of recoveries in the postwar period. why has it been so moderate? really the following reasons: one is the basic reality that when you're digging out of a financial crisis caused by too much borrowing, too much leverage, the economy built too many houses, you face a lot of...
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we also have quite a few army and special forces, u.s. navy seals. u.s. air force pilots as well, and the neat part is, they grew up in a system, and the system was around ensuring rapid improvement in high stress operations. and that training, that culture is what we can bring, is how do you ensure that when the chips are down, when you're in the heat of battle, you have a standard way to think about things to approach operations, and decide we continue this or do we leave the fight. and that's again part of what we bring, and there's a tremendous value in that because this experience is priceless, and putting somebody of this caliber out in a higher reliability and high-risk operation is a really neat thing. >> here's what some of our clients -- many of the major oil and gas operators, and as the "blueprint to a billion" says unita markie bly and -- life. our first client was diamond offshore. they decided want to change the country culture. diamond offshore has about 44 rigs, drill all over the world. they felt they could do better, just by bringing on
we also have quite a few army and special forces, u.s. navy seals. u.s. air force pilots as well, and the neat part is, they grew up in a system, and the system was around ensuring rapid improvement in high stress operations. and that training, that culture is what we can bring, is how do you ensure that when the chips are down, when you're in the heat of battle, you have a standard way to think about things to approach operations, and decide we continue this or do we leave the fight. and...
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then finally from a u.s. the county attorney for maricopa county, where everyday i work with 26 different local law enforcement agencies and another 11 federal and other type of law enforcement agencies just to enforce our laws which can and are enforced in a constitutional manner. mindful of civil rights of all and respectful of our constitution. when 1070 is upheld we will be able to enforce that in a constitutional way that respects the civil rights of everyone within my jurisdiction. and it is mindful of everyone and their participation in our community. and i've been part of an ongoing outreach effort to every segment of our population within the community to avoid segmentation. we can address these issues in a way that is respectful of everyone, and that focuses on the need to uphold the rule of law and that still takes into account some much-needed aspects of enforcing law as well as the economic reality of the situation we face. let me also touch quickly on what the economic realities are, too. unempl
then finally from a u.s. the county attorney for maricopa county, where everyday i work with 26 different local law enforcement agencies and another 11 federal and other type of law enforcement agencies just to enforce our laws which can and are enforced in a constitutional manner. mindful of civil rights of all and respectful of our constitution. when 1070 is upheld we will be able to enforce that in a constitutional way that respects the civil rights of everyone within my jurisdiction. and it...
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that's the enterprise of u.s. foreign policy today, to help men, women and children around the world share in the vision of democracy and the values of freedom and through it to bring stability to whole regions of the world and reduce the threats to our nation. i believe we all ought to be very proud of what we have achieved in libya. by taking military action when we did, we liberated a country that had been under the yoke of a dictator for more than 40 years. we gave the libyan people a fighting chance for tear future, and i am -- for their future. the tragic events of the last 9/11 $2012 illustrate the magnitude of the challenge ahead, but the thousands of everyday libyans who marched in outrage against the militias with signs declaring their love for chris stephens and for the united states, their great -- gratitude for our country provide, i think, a measure of hope. that demonstration of afiction for america and for our envoy who gave his life for those people summed up exactly why we must not look inwards a
that's the enterprise of u.s. foreign policy today, to help men, women and children around the world share in the vision of democracy and the values of freedom and through it to bring stability to whole regions of the world and reduce the threats to our nation. i believe we all ought to be very proud of what we have achieved in libya. by taking military action when we did, we liberated a country that had been under the yoke of a dictator for more than 40 years. we gave the libyan people a...